YIKES.. the Golden Apple board has been down forover three days... I've made good friends there.. they are really are great support system...please keep working on it. J Swingley [email removed]
I use to belong to the first grade mailring and I would receive a hundred posts over the period of a couple of days. Then about a year and half ago, the posts stopped coming. I have resubscribed a countless number of times to no avail. Is there a first grade mailring?? If not, why does teachers.net still allow us to "subscribe"? I've asked this question many times on the chatboards but again to no avail. I got so many wonderful ideas from the first grade mailring...I really went into withdrawals when the posts stopped coming. Any ideas as to what is going on?
On 7/14/05, miss the mailring wrote: > I use to belong to the first grade mailring and I would > receive a hundred posts over the period of a couple of > days. Then about a year and half ago, the posts stopped > coming. I have resubscribed a countless number of times > to no avail. Is there a first grade mailring?? If not, > why does teachers.net still allow us to "subscribe"? I've > asked this question many times on the chatboards but again > to no avail. I got so many wonderful ideas from the first > grade mailring...I really went into withdrawals when the > posts stopped coming. Any ideas as to what is going on? I would like to know,too. Here's a 1st grade site: .[email removed]
On 7/14/05, miss the mailring wrote: > I use to belong to the first grade mailring and I would > receive a hundred posts over the period of a couple of > days. Then about a year and half ago, the posts stopped > coming. I have resubscribed a countless number of times > to no avail. Is there a first grade mailring?? If not, > why does teachers.net still allow us to "subscribe"? I've > asked this question many times on the chatboards but again > to no avail. I got so many wonderful ideas from the first > grade mailring...I really went into withdrawals when the > posts stopped coming. Any ideas as to what is going on? I would like to know,too. Here's a 1st grade site: .[email removed]
This the first time I have been disapponted with this site. The Golden Apple board has been down for a week ... what is going on ? I've made friends with people on this board. I am working on a parject for the next school y ear with one member noe the tie is broken. Jo S
I'd like to see a recipe board where teachers could exchange quick and easy recipes. With family life being as hurried as it has become, we could all use some tried and true recipes that are fast to prepare. How about calling it "Now We're Cookin'".
On 7/27/05, Tom/Ky wrote: > I'd like to see a recipe board where teachers could > exchange quick and easy recipes. With family life being > as hurried as it has become, we could all use some tried > and true recipes that are fast to prepare. How about > calling it "Now We're Cookin'". > > Anyone else interested in such a board?
On the New York teachers' chatboard, a poster recently stated that the DOE (New York City Dept. of Education) can identify who is posting. He was concerned that his IP could be read by others. Some of the responses stated that "anyone" could discover his IP by using the "view web source" option on a browser. The initial fear was triggered when the poster got a message from the administrator of the chatboard.
Is there some way you can clarify who can read the IPs? I'm not scared but others are. My suspicion is that there's only an automated admin, and the reply to the poster was triggered by wording in one of his messages.
I would love to see a new board for teachers of native or Heritage speakers. I teach Spanish as a foreign language, but I have a lot of native Spanish-speakers in my classes. A lot of Spanish teachers are facing this, and it is difficult to always know what to do. Therefore, it would be beneficial for us to have a chatboard to post for ideas. Thanks for your consideration.
On 3/18/06, Maestra wrote: > Is anyone here teaching Spanish for heritage speakers at the middle school level? I have a level 2 class at the middle school level (8th graders) and all are heritage speakers. THere is not a specific curriculum written to address this group's needs in my school district. We have adopted the Realidades textbook this year from Prentice Hall. There are separate sections for "hispanohablantes" but I don't see a lot of support there. I would love to get some help from other teachers in this same situation. > > > On 9/29/05, I second this! wrote: >> Spanish for native/heritage speakers is a very different >> topic than Spanish as a foreign language. Many of us are >> teaching native speakers in our regular classes and/or whole >> classes of native speakers (I do both). I would love to see >> this board become real! >> >> >> On 9/27/05, Jules wrote: >>> I would love to see a new board for teachers of native or >>> Heritage speakers. I teach Spanish as a foreign language, >>> but I have a lot of native Spanish-speakers in my >>> classes. A lot of Spanish teachers are facing this, and >>> it is difficult to always know what to do. Therefore, it >>> would be beneficial for us to have a chatboard to post for >>> ideas. Thanks for your consideration. >>> >>> Jules
I teach Spanish for Native speakers I and I'm facing the same dilemma, so I decided to teach what I believe is better for my students. First of all I start the class everyday with a prompt, the kids MUST write in Spanish a couple of paragraphs about it, then they are randomly selected to read aloud. This way they practice writing, reading, listening and speaking.
In addition, I use the book Español Practico to teach them gramática (you can use whatever grammar book you like). They need to know at least the basics: Punctuation, spelling, use of capital letters, present, preterite, future, subjunctive, conditional, etc.
Then, I introduce them to literature, reading and comprehension through Sendas Literarias.
Finally, I also teach culture through projects about different Spanish speaking countries, famous Hispanics, Hispanic holidays, traditions and folclore.
If anybody can tell me about a good grammar book or any idea that might help, that would be very appreciated.
hi - I just wanted to let you know that EVERY page I go to I get an error alert message saying that bannerbox is undefined. (very annoying) It's been going on for quite a long while and I was thinking you would eventually fix it, but maybe no one else has reported it until now. thanks, meg
On 7/14/05, miss the mailring wrote:
> I use to belong to the first grade mailring and I would
> receive a hundred posts over the period of a couple of
> days. Then about a year and half ago, the posts stopped
> coming. I have resubscribed a countless number of times
> to no avail. Is ther...See More